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<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa1"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it1"></a> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/printerdrake-icon.png"></span> This tool allows you to:
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa54"></a>configure a newly
installed printer;
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</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa55"></a>configure your
machine to act as a server for a printer connected to your local
network;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa56"></a>set up your machine
to access network printers served by other servers.
</p>
</li>
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<h3 class="title"><a name="d5e5766"></a>6.1. Automatic Installation
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa72"></a>If you connect and power on a
<acronym class="acronym">USB</acronym> printer, a dialog pops up.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="d5e5772"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.8. A new Printer was
Detected</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-autodetect.png" align="middle" alt="A new Printer was Detected"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa74"></a>Then just click
<span class="guibutton">Yes</span>, all required packages will be installed, and
the printer configured for you to use it right away: there's nothing else
to do!
</p>
<p>
<b>Deactivate Automatic
Detection. </b>
If you don't want the
“<span class="quote">automatic setup</span>” popup to show again, check <span class="guilabel">Do
not setup printer automatically again</span>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Configuration. </b>
It is however recommended that
you check the printer default parameters, especially paper size. To do
this launch <span class="application">PrinterDrake</span> from the
<span class="application">Mandriva Linux Control Center</span> and follow the
instructions from <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-reconfigure" title="6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer">Section 6.6, “Reconfiguring an Existing
Printer”</a>.
</p>
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<h3 class="title"><a name="d5e5796"></a>6.2. Manual
Configuration
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<th align="left">Tip</th>
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<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa43"></a>If you have just installed a
printer that wasn't available when you installed <span class="application">Mandriva
Linux</span>, make sure it is correctly connected and powered on
before launching the configuration tool.
</p>
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<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it19"></a> <a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-it24"></a> <a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-it25"></a> When you first launch the
<span class="application">PrinterDrake</span> tool, it may be in one of these
states:
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<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e5813"></a>6.2.1. There is no printer directly
connected to the computer.
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-noprinter"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.9. Activate Printing</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-noprinter.png" align="middle" alt="Activate Printing"></div>
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa44"></a>The tool did not
detect any local printers. However you can print on network printers, or
manually installed printers which weren't detected by clicking on
<span class="guibutton">Yes</span>.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-remote"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.10. Activating Network
Printers</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-remote.png" align="middle" alt="Activating Network Printers"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul type="disc">
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa45"></a>Select the
<span class="guilabel">Local CUPS printing system</span> option if you wish
to configure your machine to act as a print server for either a
local printer which was not detected, or a networked printer
connected to your local network.
</p>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa46"></a>Any required software will
be installed and then the main configuration interface (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-main" title="Figure 9.12. Managing Printers">Figure 9.12, “Managing Printers”</a>) appears. Click on <span class="guibutton">Add
Printer</span> to install the network printer.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa47"></a>Select the
<span class="guilabel">Remote server</span> option if you wish to be able to
print on printers served by another <span class="application">CUPS</span>
print server on the network. Your applications will immediately have
access to all public printers served by that server. You only need
to provide the hostname or <acronym class="acronym">IP</acronym> address of that
server in the field (ask your system administrator).
</p>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa48"></a>When this is done, the main
configuration interface (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-main" title="Figure 9.12. Managing Printers">Figure 9.12, “Managing Printers”</a>)
appears. The <span class="guilabel">Configured on other machines</span> tab
will be filled with the available network printers.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e5848"></a>6.2.2. New Printer
Detected
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa49"></a>The following
window appears when <span class="application">PrinterDrake</span> detects a
new printer at launch time.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-new-auto"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.11. A New Printer Is
Detected</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-new-auto.png" align="middle" alt="A New Printer Is Detected"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa50"></a>Simply confirm the automatic
installation of the new printer. The main configuration interface (see
<a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-main" title="Figure 9.12. Managing Printers">Figure 9.12, “Managing Printers”</a>) is then displayed. Make sure you
check that the printer parameters fit your needs (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-reconfigure" title="6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer">Section 6.6, “Reconfiguring an Existing
Printer”</a>).
</p>
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<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e5864"></a>6.2.3. A Printer is
Already Configured
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa51"></a>The main
configuration interface (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-main" title="Figure 9.12. Managing Printers">Figure 9.12, “Managing Printers”</a>) is
shown. Make sure that the printer parameters fit your needs (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-reconfigure" title="6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer">Section 6.6, “Reconfiguring an Existing
Printer”</a>).
</p>
</div>
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<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="d5e5871"></a>6.3. The Printer Management
Interface
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>
<b>Local and Remote
Printers. </b>
Use the printer
configuration tool's first tab for locally connected printers
(<span class="guilabel">Configured on this machine</span>), and the other tab for
printers available on your local network (<span class="guilabel">Configured on other
machines</span>).
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-main"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.12. Managing Printers</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-main.png" align="middle" alt="Managing Printers"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa70"></a>The following buttons give you
access to all available maintenance tasks:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul type="disc">
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa5"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it2"></a> <span class="guibutton">Add Printer</span>: launches the
printer configuration wizard described in <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-wizard" title="6.5. The Printer Configuration Wizard">Section 6.5, “The Printer Configuration
Wizard”</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa38"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it20"></a> <span class="guibutton">Set as default</span>: sets the
selected printer as the default printer when no specific printer is
chosen at print time. A cross appears in the <span class="guilabel">Def.</span>
column of that printer.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa39"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it21"></a> <span class="guibutton">Edit</span>: opens the printer
configuration dialog described in <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-reconfigure" title="6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer">Section 6.6, “Reconfiguring an Existing
Printer”</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa40"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it22"></a> <span class="guibutton">Delete</span>: removes the selected
printer from the available printer pool.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa41"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it23"></a> <span class="guibutton">Refresh</span>: updates the list of
available printers, especially useful for networked printers.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa7"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it4"></a> <span class="guibutton">Configure CUPS</span>: by default, your
system is open. <span class="application">PrinterDrake</span> uses all of
the network's available printers and shares all of its local printers
with the local network. Click on this button if you don't want to
access network printers, or if you want to restrict the access to your
local printers. This dialog also lets you configure access to print
servers outside the local network (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-server-config" title="6.4. Print Server General Configuration">Section 6.4, “Print Server
General Configuration”</a>).
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png"></td>
<th align="left"><a name="printerdrake-note1"></a>Note
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa8"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it5"></a> The <span class="guimenu">Options</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Expert mode</span> menu adds extra features to the tool. See <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-expert" title="6.8. Expert Mode">Section 6.8, “Expert Mode”</a>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-server-config"></a>6.4. Print Server
General Configuration
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa57"></a>The
<span class="guibutton">Configure CUPS</span> button allows you to control the
behavior of printers connected to your machine and to your network.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-config"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.13. CUPS Printer Server
Configuration</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-config.png" align="middle" alt="CUPS Printer Server Configuration"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa58"></a>This dialog enables
you to switch between the client and server printing modes through the
<span class="guibutton">Remote CUPS server and no local CUPS daemon</span> button,
which enables you to select between two remote server access
methods.
</p>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa87"></a>In the first method
your server <span class="emphasis"><em>must</em></span> have a
<span class="application">CUPS</span> daemon running and be listening on port
<code class="literal">631</code> in order to manage the print queue and to listen
for jobs coming in from applications. In this case the
<span class="application">CUPS</span> server broadcasts its presence to the
entire network. This is the default configuration.
</p>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa88"></a>In the second method,
the <span class="application">CUPS</span> daemon is still required to manage the
queue and to handle jobs coming in on port <code class="literal">631</code>, but it
does not broadcast its presence to the network. In this case the clients
do not need to run a <span class="application">CUPS</span> daemon, instead they
have a configuration file which contains the <acronym class="acronym">IP</acronym> address
of the server. In this way the clients know they can send jobs directly to
the <acronym class="acronym">IP</acronym> address.
</p>
<div class="table"><a name="d5e5967"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 9.1. Considerations</b></p>
<div class="table-contents">
<table summary="Considerations" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en1"></a>
</td>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en2"></a>Advantages
</td>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en3"></a>Disadvantages
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en4"></a>Method 1
</td>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en5"></a>No client configuration
required.
</td>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en6"></a>Runs with at least one
open port and consumes extra machine resources.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en7"></a>Method 2
</td>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en8"></a>No local printing system.
No open ports.
</td>
<td><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-en9"></a>If the
<acronym class="acronym">IP</acronym> of the server changes or the client changes
to another network, then reconfiguration is required.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div><br class="table-break">
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e5986"></a>6.4.1. Client Mode
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-config-client"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.14. Client Mode
Configuration</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-config-client.png" align="middle" alt="Client Mode Configuration"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa59"></a>Select the
<span class="guilabel">On</span> option to connect to another printer server.
Then you only need to specify the name or <acronym class="acronym">IP</acronym> address
of that server in the next field.
</p>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa60"></a>If you choose this mode, your
printing configuration is now finished. Accept the options by clicking
the <span class="guibutton">OK</span> buttons, and you will be able to check the
list of available printers in the <span class="guilabel">Configured on other
machines</span> tab of the main interface (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-main" title="Figure 9.12. Managing Printers">Figure 9.12, “Managing Printers”</a>).
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e6004"></a>6.4.2. Server Mode
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa61"></a>If you want your machine to
access locally connected printers (through parallel or
<acronym class="acronym">USB</acronym> ports), or network printers not already
configured on another server, you need to select the
<span class="guilabel">Off</span> option. Click <span class="guibutton">OK</span> to fine
tune your printer server (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-config" title="Figure 9.13. CUPS Printer Server Configuration">Figure 9.13, “CUPS Printer Server
Configuration”</a>).
</p>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa62"></a>A number of options are
available to further secure and enhance your print server
features:
</p>
<div class="variablelist">
<dl>
<dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-te1"></a><span class="guilabel">The printers on
this machine are available to other computers</span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa63"></a>Allows other
computers to print on printers configured locally. Remember to
restrict access by clicking on <span class="guibutton">Printer sharing on
hosts/networks</span> (see below).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-te2"></a><span class="guilabel">Automatically find
available printers on remote machines</span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa64"></a>Tells your
print server to automatically make all printers found on other
servers available to the local network, as if they were locally
connected to your print server. This way your system's users are
able to print on any printer the print server can
“<span class="quote">see</span>”. If the remote printers you intend to use are
served by a server not on your local network, you can still tell
the print server to use them with the <span class="guibutton">Additional CUPS
servers</span> button (see below).
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-te3"></a><span class="guibutton">Printer sharing on
hosts/networks</span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa65"></a>Allows you to
specify from which networks the local printers are made
available.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-te4"></a><span class="guibutton">Additional CUPS
servers</span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa66"></a>Allows you to
specify one or more <span class="application">CUPS</span> servers to
which you can connect and access printers. Specify the
<acronym class="acronym">IP</acronym> address and port of the
<span class="application">CUPS</span> server in the dialog.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-te5"></a><span class="guilabel">Japanese text
printing mode</span></span></dt>
<dd>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa67"></a>Replaces the
original text filter for one more suited to Japanese texts, but
with less features. Use it if you have to print Japanese text-only
files.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-wizard"></a>6.5. The Printer Configuration
Wizard
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa11"></a>Click on <span class="guilabel">Add
printer</span> and the configuration wizard comes up.
</p>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-wizard-detect"></a>6.5.1. Detect Printers
or Specify Access Path
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa12"></a>The first step serves
to either specify an access address to a network printer, or to activate
auto-detection of locally connected printers, network printers, and
finally printers served by
<acronym class="acronym">SMB</acronym>(<span class="application">Windows<sup>®</sup></span>)
servers.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printer-add1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.15. Printer Type</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printer-add1.png" align="middle" alt="Printer Type"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p>
<b>Specifying the
Location. </b>
If you happen to know all the
parameters required to access a specific network printer, select
<span class="guilabel">Enter host name/IP address of network printer</span>.
Configuration steps are then similar to the ones involved in
auto-detection procedure.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="printer-add4"></a>6.5.2. Choose the Printer
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-detected-printers"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.16. Detected Printers
List</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-detected-printers.png" align="middle" alt="Detected Printers List"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<div class="procedure">
<ol type="1">
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa71"></a>Select the
printer you want to add from the list of detected printers. If the
detected printer isn't the correct one or autodetection fails, check
the <span class="guilabel">Manual configuration</span> box and proceed with
the printer model step.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa16"></a><span class="application">PrinterDrake</span>
displays your printer's model name. Choose <span class="guilabel">Select model
manually</span> if it's incorrect. Select the printer you have
or a compatible one (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-add4" title="6.5.2. Choose the Printer">Section 6.5.2, “Choose the Printer”</a>) if yours
is not specifically listed.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<table border="0" summary="Note">
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="images/note.png"></td>
<th align="left">Note</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p>This option is not always available.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa42"></a>If you want to install the
driver supplied by your printer manufacturer, click on the
<span class="guibutton">Install a manufacturer-supplied PPD file</span>
button and select the medium containing the <acronym class="acronym">PPD</acronym>
file and browse to it. Accept subsequent dialogs to use your chosen
<acronym class="acronym">PPD</acronym> file.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa14"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it6"></a> If you own a multi-function device such as those from
<acronym class="acronym">HP</acronym> or <code class="literal">Sony</code>, an information
window pops up and gives you information about your scanner and
scanner software (<a class="xref" href="scannerdrake.html" title="7. Installing and Sharing Scanners">Section 7, “Installing and Sharing
Scanners”</a>). Additional
required packages are also installed.
</p>
<p>
<b>Fax
Virtual Printer. </b>
If your device also
provides fax functions, you are given an option to create a
virtual fax printer that will actually queue the printed documents
so they can be later sent via fax.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa78"></a>If your printer has optional
add-on devices (finishers, extra paper trays, etc.), you are asked
which features are actually installed.
</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-wizard-test"></a>6.5.3. Printer Test
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa20"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-printerdrake-it9"></a> Several test pages are available (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-add5" title="Figure 9.17. Testing the Printer">Figure 9.17, “Testing the Printer”</a>). We recommend you print at least one test
page so you can immediately correct the parameters if something is
incorrect. The printer should begin to print almost immediately.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printer-add5"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.17. Testing the Printer</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printer-add5.png" align="middle" alt="Testing the Printer"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h4 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-wizard-done"></a>6.5.4. It's Done
</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa21"></a>If you're not
satisfied with your test page, answer the appropriate question with
<span class="guimenu">No</span> and you will be led to the printer configuration
menu (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-menu" title="Figure 9.18. Modifying an Existing Printer">Figure 9.18, “Modifying an Existing
Printer”</a>) where you can correct the
settings. See <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-reconfigure" title="6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer">Section 6.6, “Reconfiguring an Existing
Printer”</a>.
</p>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa22"></a>Your printer will now
appear in the list of available printers in the main window (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-main" title="Figure 9.12. Managing Printers">Figure 9.12, “Managing Printers”</a>).
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="printer-reconfigure"></a>6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing
Printer
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa23"></a>Double-clicking on a
printer's name in the list, or clicking on the <span class="guibutton">Edit</span>
button, displays a menu where you can choose actions to take on the
selected printer (<a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-menu" title="Figure 9.18. Modifying an Existing Printer">Figure 9.18, “Modifying an Existing
Printer”</a>). You can change the
printer name, options, etc.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printer-menu"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.18. Modifying an Existing
Printer</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printer-menu.png" align="middle" alt="Modifying an Existing Printer"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa24"></a>Here are some of the
most useful entries:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul type="disc">
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa79"></a><span class="guilabel">Printer name,
description, location</span>. If you have many printers around it
is better to give them explicit names, and meaningful descriptions,
plus a location so people don't end up looking desperately for their
printouts in many floors.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa80"></a><span class="guilabel">Printer
Options</span>. Shows the different options available for that
printer (paper size, printout mode, etc.), so you can set a default
value for them.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa81"></a><span class="guilabel">Make this printer
invisible for other computers</span>. Printers are normally made
available to other computers in the local network. Using this option
you can disable this behavior for the currently selected
printer.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa52"></a><span class="guilabel">Disable
Printer</span>. Use this option to remove a printer from those
available to the system's users. You might need to temporarily disable
a printer under maintenance so that users don't try to use it in the
meantime. When a printer is disabled, that option changes to
<span class="guilabel">Enable printer</span>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa25"></a><span class="guilabel">Learn how
to use this printer</span>. Displays information on how to use a
particular printer model. In the case of a multi-function device from
<acronym class="acronym">HP</acronym>, additional information for the
“<span class="quote">extra</span>” functions is also displayed.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa26"></a><span class="guilabel">Remove
printer</span>. Deletes that printer's configuration from the
system.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa53"></a>Select an action in
the dialog and then click on the <span class="guibutton">Do it!</span> button to
perform it.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-config-auto"></a>6.7. Controlling Automatic
Installations
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa82"></a>Open the <span class="guimenu">Options</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Configure Auto Administration</span> menu to go to the automatic installation options
form.
</p>
<div class="figure"><a name="printerdrake-config-auto-main"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 9.19. Set Automatic Installation
Options</b></p>
<div class="figure-contents">
<div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="images/printerdrake-config-auto-main.png" align="middle" alt="Set Automatic Installation Options"></div>
</div>
</div><br class="figure-break">
<p><a name="BIdNEW-printerdrake-pa83"></a>Here you can configure whether new
printers should be automatically detected, automatically configured,
etc.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="printerdrake-expert"></a>6.8. Expert Mode
</h3>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a name="BId-printerdrake-pa27"></a>The expert mode
activates additional features in the application.
</p>
<p>
<b>Advanced Technical
Installation Wizard. </b>
The installation wizard displays
more technical information and allows you to configure printer names and
other options directly from within the wizard.
</p>
<p>
<b>Choose a Different
Printer Driver. </b>
Different drivers may
be available for the same printer. In expert mode, a third level appears
in the printer model selection list (see <a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printer-add4" title="6.5.2. Choose the Printer">Section 6.5.2, “Choose the Printer”</a>) allowing you to change each printer's
driver.
</p>
<p>
<b>Automatic correction of CUPS
configuration. </b>
This new option appears in the
CUPS server configuration window (<a class="xref" href="printerdrake.html#printerdrake-config" title="Figure 9.13. CUPS Printer Server Configuration">Figure 9.13, “CUPS Printer Server
Configuration”</a>). It is activated by default. Leave the
mouse over the option name to see more information about what it
does.
</p>
</div>
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